•The following conditions are not compatible with Wide Shot shooting.

–Subject whose brightness is very different from that of its surroundings due to artificial light, sunlight, etc.

–Rivers, waves, waterfalls, or other subject with constantly changing patterns

–Sky, beach, or other subject with continuous patterns

–Camera too close to the main subject

–Moving subject

–Panning upwards on a skyscraper or some other very tall structure or object

•Any of the following can cause Wide Shot operation to stop part way through.

–Subject or camera movement

–Camera movement that is too fast or too slow

–Camera movement outside of the required route

–Camera movement in the wrong direction

•Shooting a Wide Shot image after half-pressing the shutter button to perform Auto Focus may not produce the desired results if there are considerable differences in the brightness, color, and/or focus of the individual images. If this happens, try changing the focus position by focusing on a different subject, etc.

•Since a Wide Shot image is created by joining multiple images together, there may be some roughness at the point where two images are joined.

•Shooting under a flickering light source (such as fluorescent lighting) may result in uneven brightness and/or coloring in the final Wide Shot image.

•Shooting in dark surroundings may result in a blurred image or may make Wide Shot shooting impossible.

•Slowly move the camera at a constant speed in the same direction as the arrow that appears on the monitor screen.

•The exposure and white balance when shooting Wide Shot images are fixed at the levels measured when you half-press the shutter button at the beginning of the operation.

•An error message will appear if the camera is unable to successfully record a series of images.

•If you shoot a moving subject, the camera may not be able to compose the super- wide image properly.

•Super-wide may not produce the desired results when shooting at close distances to the subject.

•With this BEST SHOT scene, the flash setting automatically becomes ? (Flash Off).

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Using BEST SHOT